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Montréal, Canada will host the 2027 FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, in partnership with the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC). The Congress will provide a powerful space for dialogue, collaboration, and global solidarity.

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) has expressed concern over the 2025 federal budget, citing a lack of targeted investment in women’s health. Despite ongoing challenges such as the closure of labour and delivery departments, long wait times for obstetric and gynecologic care, and staffing shortages across the country, the SOGC says Budget 2025 failed to include specific commitments to address these pressing issues.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently released details on the 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan (Levels Plan). The Levels Plan includes temporary resident targets and ranges for new arrivals of international students and temporary foreign workers, along with permanent resident targets and ranges under the immigration categories of Economic, Family, Refugees and Protected Persons, and Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other.

Are you ready to revolutionize Ontario’s digital health landscape? Are you passionate about health data, interoperability, and optimizing information sharing across the perinatal and child health continuum? Join BORN Ontario as a Business Systems Analyst (BSA) and be a trailblazer in transforming how clinical data is captured, integrated, and used to improve maternal and child health outcomes.

Check out  MyScreeningPathway.ca - a resource for people who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy to learn more about prenatal screening and find out which screening options are right for them.

You can: 

• Learn about prenatal screening for chromosomal differences and fetal blood types and
• Explore your prenatal screening options to discuss with a health-care provider. 

Celebrating World Quality Week 2025! This years theme is "Thinking Differently". Subthemes include Alignment with Strategic Goals, Performance of our System and People Engagement. 

Join us for a 1 hour webinar to learn more about how we are Thinking Differently about promoting a culture of data and information quality at BORN. 

Researchers are exploring how machine learning and real-world data could help identify autism spectrum disorder earlier and inform future screening approaches.

An early-stage study used data from CIHI, BORN and other linked provincial records to explore whether AI could help identify children likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, highlighting how population-based health data could inform more consistent, system-wide approaches to assessment.

Marking Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on October 15, the SOGC highlighted ongoing gaps in compassionate and consistent care for families experiencing early pregnancy loss or stillbirth and is calling for a National Stillbirth Strategy.

At the October 6–7, 2025 CPPC meeting, participants focused on defining how this now, not-for-profit, legal entity can advance perinatal care nationwide through collaboration among programs across Canada.

The session features Audra Borson, Manager of Patient Care in the Maternal Child Unit at Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, who shares how her team used BORN RSV data to guide and improve their local strategies.